Difference between revisions of "Album: Elixer"
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|next year = 2010 | |next year = 2010 | ||
|previous image = File:River_TheJoniLetters_album.jpg | |previous image = File:River_TheJoniLetters_album.jpg | ||
− | |previous album = River: The Joni Letters | + | |previous album = [[Album: River: The Joni Letters|River: The Joni Letters]] |
|next image = Image:ConcreteJungle-album.jpg | |next image = Image:ConcreteJungle-album.jpg | ||
|next album = Album: Concrete Jungle | |next album = Album: Concrete Jungle | ||
− | |previous album link = River: The Joni Letters | + | |previous album link = [[Album: River: The Joni Letters|River: The Joni Letters]] |
|next album link = [[Album: Concrete Jungle|Concrete Jungle]] | |next album link = [[Album: Concrete Jungle|Concrete Jungle]] | ||
<!-------ALBUM TEXT -------> | <!-------ALBUM TEXT -------> | ||
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'''Recording progress''' | '''Recording progress''' | ||
− | Specific recording dates for the album are not known. [[Prince]] began working with [[Bria Valente|Valente]] in | + | Specific recording dates for the album are not known. [[Prince]] began working with [[Bria Valente|Valente]] in mid-2006, however (and she first appeared on the track [[The Song Of The Heart]]). |
[[Kept Woman]] was initially recorded with [[Támar Davis]] between early 2005 and early 2006, and was intended for her album [[Album: Milk & Honey (2006)|Beautiful, Loved & Blessed]], later renamed [[Album: Milk & Honey (2006)|Milk & Honey]] before it was abandoned. [[Bria Valente]]'s version was a re-recording, however, tracked at some point between late 2006 and early 2009. [[Here Eye Come|Here]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Here Eye Come]][[Here Eye Come| Come]] was recorded between late 2006 and late 2007. | [[Kept Woman]] was initially recorded with [[Támar Davis]] between early 2005 and early 2006, and was intended for her album [[Album: Milk & Honey (2006)|Beautiful, Loved & Blessed]], later renamed [[Album: Milk & Honey (2006)|Milk & Honey]] before it was abandoned. [[Bria Valente]]'s version was a re-recording, however, tracked at some point between late 2006 and early 2009. [[Here Eye Come|Here]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Here Eye Come]][[Here Eye Come| Come]] was recorded between late 2006 and late 2007. | ||
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'''Promotion''' | '''Promotion''' | ||
− | The album produced one download-only single, [[Single: Another Boy|Another Boy]], released six months before the album, although a few tracks had been previewed as online streams also. In October 2007, [[Here Eye Come|Here]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Here Eye Come]][[Here Eye Come| Come]] was streamed on [[3121.com]] as the site's first "[[3121.com#Jam Of The Week|Jam Of The Week]]" (initially known as "Jam Of The Month"). In May 2008, a clip of [[Home]] was premiered on [http://www.drfunkenberry.com DrFunkenberry.com]. | + | The album produced one download-only single, [[Single: Another Boy|Another Boy]], released six months before the album, although a few tracks had been previewed as online streams also. In October 2007, [[Here Eye Come|Here]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Here Eye Come]][[Here Eye Come| Come]] was streamed on [[3121.com]] as the site's first "[[3121.com#Jam Of The Week|Jam Of The Week]]" (initially known as "Jam Of The Month"). In May 2008, a clip of [[Home]] was premiered on [http://www.drfunkenberry.com DrFunkenberry.com]. [[Single: 2nite|2nite]] was released in 2012 almost three years after the album's release, but it is not known if this single was intended to tie in to a larger project or a re-release of the album. |
[[Bria Valente]] did not promote the album, but [[Prince]] promoted the 3CD set, which benefited '''Elixer''' also (see [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] and [[Album: MPLSound|MPLSound]] for promotion details). The album package reached number 2 on the US Billboard 200, and number 1 on both the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart and the Billboard Independent Albums chart, perhaps due in part to the sale of three CDs together for the low retail price of $11.98. | [[Bria Valente]] did not promote the album, but [[Prince]] promoted the 3CD set, which benefited '''Elixer''' also (see [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] and [[Album: MPLSound|MPLSound]] for promotion details). The album package reached number 2 on the US Billboard 200, and number 1 on both the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart and the Billboard Independent Albums chart, perhaps due in part to the sale of three CDs together for the low retail price of $11.98. | ||
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<!-------PERSONNEL -------> | <!-------PERSONNEL -------> | ||
|musicians = [[Bria Valente]] - lead vocals | |musicians = [[Bria Valente]] - lead vocals | ||
− | *[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted; co-lead vocals on [[Elixer]] | + | *[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted; co-lead vocals on [[Elixer]]; background vocals on [[Immersion]] |
*[[C.C. Dunham]] - drums on [[All This Love]], [[Something U Already Know]] and [[Kept Woman]] | *[[C.C. Dunham]] - drums on [[All This Love]], [[Something U Already Know]] and [[Kept Woman]] | ||
*[[Joshua Dunham]] - bass guitar on [[All This Love]], [[Something U Already Know]] and [[Kept Woman]] | *[[Joshua Dunham]] - bass guitar on [[All This Love]], [[Something U Already Know]] and [[Kept Woman]] | ||
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|singles = | |singles = | ||
{{AlbumSinglesLine| | {{AlbumSinglesLine| | ||
− | |Single = [[Single: Another Boy|Another Boy]] download-only single< | + | |Single = [[Single: Another Boy|Another Boy]] <small>(download-only single)</small> |
− | |B-side = | + | |B-side = None |
|Image = Anotherboy_single.jpg | |Image = Anotherboy_single.jpg | ||
|Link = Another Boy | |Link = Another Boy | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{AlbumSinglesLine| | ||
+ | |Single = [[Single: 2nite|2nite]] <small>(released in 2012)</small> | ||
+ | |B-side = [[2nite]] | ||
+ | |Image = 2nite_single.jpg | ||
+ | |Link = Single: 2nite | ||
}} | }} | ||
|see also = | |see also = | ||
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* [[Here Eye Come|Here]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Here Eye Come]][[Here Eye Come| Come]] was streamed on [[3121.com]] as the first [[3121.com#Jam Of The Week|Jam Of The Week]] (at first titled 'Jam Of The Month'), on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_12|12 October 2007]] (as "[[Here Eye Come|Here I Come]]"), but no album was announced at the time. | * [[Here Eye Come|Here]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Here Eye Come]][[Here Eye Come| Come]] was streamed on [[3121.com]] as the first [[3121.com#Jam Of The Week|Jam Of The Week]] (at first titled 'Jam Of The Month'), on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_12|12 October 2007]] (as "[[Here Eye Come|Here I Come]]"), but no album was announced at the time. | ||
|trivia = [[Elixer]] appears to be a deliberately-misspelled word to give the sexual connotation 'he licks her'. When [[Single: Another Boy|Another Boy]] was released as a download single, however, the artwork stated the album title as the correctly-spelled 'Elixir'. | |trivia = [[Elixer]] appears to be a deliberately-misspelled word to give the sexual connotation 'he licks her'. When [[Single: Another Boy|Another Boy]] was released as a download single, however, the artwork stated the album title as the correctly-spelled 'Elixir'. | ||
− | * While [[Prince]] appears prominently on instrumentation throughout the album, his | + | * While [[Prince]] appears prominently on instrumentation throughout the album, his vocals are audible only on the title track ([[Elixer]]) and [[Immersion]]. |
|alternative = | |alternative = | ||
|references = http://www.lotusflow3r.com | |references = http://www.lotusflow3r.com |
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